Cell surface protein glycosylation in cancer

MN Christiansen, J Chik, L Lee, M Anugraham… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Glycosylation of proteins is one of the most important PTMs, with more than half of all human
proteins estimated to be glycosylated. It is widely known that aberrant glycosylation has …

Bone metastasis: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

LJ Suva, C Washam, RW Nicholas… - Nature Reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
The skeleton is one of the most common sites for metastatic cancer, and tumors arising from
the breast or prostate possess an increased propensity to spread to this site. The growth of …

Regulation of the metastatic cell phenotype by sialylated glycans

MJ Schultz, AF Swindall, SL Bellis - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2012 - Springer
Tumor cells exhibit striking changes in cell surface glycosylation as a consequence of
dysregulated glycosyltransferases and glycosidases. In particular, an increase in the …

Gangliosides: structures, biosynthesis, analysis, and roles in cancer

S Groux‐Degroote, Y Guérardel, P Delannoy - Chembiochem, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Gangliosides are acidic glycosphingolipids containing one or more sialic acid residues.
They are essential compounds at the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane, where they …

Selectin ligand sialyl-Lewis x antigen drives metastasis of hormone-dependent breast cancers

S Julien, A Ivetic, A Grigoriadis, D QiZe, B Burford… - Cancer research, 2011 - AACR
The glycome acts as an essential interface between cells and the surrounding
microenvironment. However, changes in glycosylation occur in nearly all breast cancers …

Nitric Oxide-Scavenging, Anti-Migration Effects, and Glycosylation Changes after Hemin Treatment of Human Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells: A Mechanistic …

AM Alsharabasy, A Aljaabary, R Bohara… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The enhanced expression of nitric oxide (• NO) synthase predicts triple-negative breast
cancer outcome and its resistance to different therapeutics. Our earlier work demonstrated …

Glycosyltransferase gene expression profiles classify cancer types and propose prognostic subtypes

J Ashkani, KJ Naidoo - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Aberrant glycosylation in tumours stem from altered glycosyltransferase (GT) gene
expression but can the expression profiles of these signature genes be used to classify …

Heterogeneity in 2, 6-linked sialic acids potentiates invasion of breast cancer epithelia

D Pally, D Pramanik, S Hussain, S Verma… - ACS central …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneity in phenotypes of malignantly transformed cells and aberrant glycan
expression on their surface are two prominent hallmarks of cancers that have hitherto not …

Altered glycosylation associated with dedifferentiation of hepatocellular carcinoma: a lectin microarray-based study

H Takayama, M Ohta, Y Iwashita, H Uchida, Y Shitomi… - BMC cancer, 2020 - Springer
Background Altered glycosylation associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is well
documented. However, few reports have investigated the association between …

Role of E-cadherin N-glycosylation profile in a mammary tumor model

SS Pinho, H Osório, M Nita-Lazar, J Gomes… - Biochemical and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Modifications in cell surface glycosylation affecting cell adhesion are common
characteristics of transformed cells. This study characterizes the N-glycosylation profile of E …